Placement Student - Product Test

Student Placement for 2026 - 2027 Academic Year

Are you a current student looking for a placement with a leading global audio broadcast manufacturer working with innovative products? If so, we are looking for someone to join our team and experience what working within the industry is like.

Calrec is a leading designer and supplier of audio broadcast mixing equipment, relied on by the world’s most successful broadcasters.

Our amazing innovative team have been driving television sound for over 60 years. We’re based in Hebden Bridge, but you hear us on live television every single day. We’re driven, enthusiastic and inventive; we care about how things sound and how it makes people feel.

Thanks to our wonderful customers, partners, and teams around the world, we’ve earned a reputation and set an industry benchmark for build quality, reliability, innovation, and audio performance.

Interested? If you like the sound of this opportunity - read on!

This placement would suit someone with a good technical background, studying sound engineering or audio technology to further education level. You should be someone that enjoys working with software and operating systems, adept at problem solving, with a keen eye for detail and can provide accurate data entry. You will be testing professional broadcast products to verify the products operate as expected and provide support to R&D teams and customers.

The right individual should be a great team player, have a proven track record of attention to detail, consistency and accuracy and have effective time management skills with the ability to work to tight and changing deadlines.

• A good understanding of audio mixing consoles.
• An ability to understand complex system with initiative and an inquisitive mind that can identify faults in system behaviour.
• An approach with meticulous attention to detail, adapt to working under pressure with changing work requirements but still have the ability to meet deadlines.
• Organised and methodical working habits with good communication skills, both verbal and written.

If you're looking for an exciting challenge and have the confidence and skills to help our customers, we want to hear from you!

• Apprenticeship level salary
• 24 days holiday + 8 days bank holiday
• Sick pay scheme
• Plus many more additional staff benefits